Tank Bigsby or Puka Nacua: who should I start in Week 3?

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Tank Bigsby: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 164th overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 181.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Puka Nacua: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 165th overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 5.

What the sportsbooks price

The books have Tank Bigsby at 2.1 PPR points a game off 1 market across 8 books. That is 30 percent of what a running back's price needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

The books have Puka Nacua at 2.8 PPR points a game off 1 market across 6 books. That is 30 percent of what a wide receiver's price needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

Tank Bigsby's price is not complete, so the two figures are not set against each other here.

This season so far

Through Week 2, Tank Bigsby has been on the field for 24 percent of PHI snaps, taken 25 percent of the carries, drawn 4 percent of the targets and had 19 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 0 of the offence's 21 third down targets, had 1 of its 2 chances inside the five and seen 0 of its 12 two minute targets.

His 2 targets have come 4.0 yards behind the line of scrimmage on average.

In Week 1 against WAS he carried 1 time for 3 yards and did not score.

In Week 2 against TEN he carried 13 times for 33 yards, caught 2 of 2 targets for 5 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

Through Week 1, Puka Nacua has been on the field for 70 percent of LAR snaps, drawn 33 percent of the targets and had 11 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 4 of the offence's 7 third down targets, had 1 of its 4 chances inside the five and seen 0 of its 2 two minute targets.

His 9 targets have averaged 12.8 air yards.

In Week 1 against SF he caught 5 of 9 targets for 74 yards and did not score.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Tank Bigsby played 17 games and scored 53.8 PPR points, 3.2 a game, finishing RB69.

He carried 63 times for 356 yards and 2 touchdowns, and caught 3 of 4 targets for 32 more yards.

That came to 3.7 carries a game at 5.7 yards a carry and 0.2 catches a game.

He was on the field for 10 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

In 2025 Puka Nacua played 16 games and scored 375.0 PPR points, 23.4 a game, finishing WR1.

He caught 129 of 166 targets for 1715 yards and 10 touchdowns, with 16 red zone targets.

That came to 10.4 targets a game, a 78 percent catch rate and 13.3 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 68 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Tank Bigsby was available for 1 game more.

Side by side

In 2025 Puka Nacua scored 23.4 PPR points a game and Tank Bigsby 3.2, 20.3 a game between them.

Tank Bigsby finished RB69 and Puka Nacua WR1, which are two different ladders.

Tank Bigsby is a running back and Puka Nacua a wide receiver, so the question is which slot you fill first rather than which of them is better.

Byes and availability

Tank Bigsby is off in Week 10 and Puka Nacua in Week 11, so either can cover the other's bye.

Tank Bigsby is listed as questionable on the injury report.

Puka Nacua is listed as questionable on the injury report.